The Turkish-Israeli relationship became so poisonous early last year that the Turkish government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is said to have disclosed to Iranian intelligence the identities of up to 10 Iranians who had been meeting inside Turkey with their Mossad case officers.

Knowledgeable sources describe the Turkish action as a “significant” loss of intelligence and “an effort to slap the Israelis.”

2.US officials described talks with Iran as serious, candid, and intense. Israeli officials urged the West to keep sanctions in place despite the latest proposals. Time correspondent Karl Vick takes the view that one man’s reality check is another man’s “grumbling.”

3. The rise of Al-Qaeda along the Syria-Turkey border creates bigger dilemmas for the Erdogan government. A weapons pipeline Turkey provided the rebels is boomeranging on Ankara as Al-Qaida rises along the Syria-Turkey border, Reuters reports:

Ankara has found itself facing accusations that indiscriminate support for the rebels has allowed weapons and foreign fighters to cross into northern Syria and facilitated the rise of radical groups.

“We are being accused of supporting al Qaeda,” a source close to the Turkish government said . . .